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To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
serum creatinine concentration ... serum creatinine concentration ... formulas are shown in Table ... assistant medical calculation ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
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Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
simple arithmetic calculations ... patient is still able ... to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... serum creatinine concentration ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Causes of Polyuria ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Increased urea concentration ... #Polyuria #Nephrology ... #Causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Urinary Chloride Algorithm ... urine chloride concentration ... the indicated causes ... Chloride #urine #Algorithm ... #nephrology #differential
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
contents into circulation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology #table
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
2022-lab-advisory-CLARIFICATION-CDC_Publishes_Non-variola_Orthopoxvirus_PCR_Testing_Procedure ... should use this algorithm ... smallpox, the case ... smallpox-diagnostic-algorithm-poster ... See table below